Subject: Re: What&#39;s next: US without an &quot;A&quot;?<br/>
Date: Mar 09, 2002 @ 19:24<br/>
Author: lnadybal (&quot;lnadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1780279615">Would you really want that?<br/>
Here we&#39;ve got the same &quot;look&quot; from coast to coast, 50 states with no <br/>
overridinhg differences in personality between them.  Sure, monuments, <br/>
interesting, geography, weather, etc., but the same roads, language, <br/>
products in stores, the same stores, gas stations, signage, everywhere <br/>
you go.  The thing I miss most since I returned to the US after having <br/>
lived for 25 years in Europe was knowing I could cross a line on <br/>
earth, see different money, different stamps, different mentality, <br/>
different roads, experience different logic in people, different <br/>
designs for household items, a variety of stores found in one country <br/>
and not in another, automobiles I&#39;d never seen or heard of, and on an <br/>
on.... the Euro is a giant step towards boredom.  United Europe?  I <br/>
don&#39;t know...  The march towards utopian monotony is in full swing. <br/>
Variety sparked my interst in borders - but when there&#39;s nothing <br/>
different on the other side, what&#39;s going to be the point in being <br/>
interested in it, or many other things, for that matter?    <br/>
<br/>
Len<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Peter Hering&quot; &lt;hering@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; Right, Len - our world&#39;s changing fast...<br/>
&gt; maybe there will be another US - without an<br/>
&gt; &quot;A&quot; in Europe...???<br/>
&gt; Peter H.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; -------Original Message-------<br/>
&gt; </span></blockquote></div>